These buds are made solid they have quality connections from the wire to the adapter and the buds. the mic i found useful however i worn you the mic casing can easily seperate from the other side, nothing is used to keep the 2 sides connected. I usally wraped the cord around my iphone when i put it in my pocket and would find the casing seperated showing the wire and solded metal piece when i took it out, not a big problem i would simply slide it back in place. These sound great compaired to the stock ipod buds, All my music had more of a hard hit to it. some song do sound muddy but for the price im not complaining, I would recommend this to anyone and if you dont need the mic you can save some cash.
